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Could You Have Had COVID-19 but Not Realise It?
It seems not a day goes by without learning someone in our inner circle of family, friends and colleagues has COVID. When we ask how unwell our acquaintance is, the responses vary from “they’re really crook” to “you wouldn’t even know they had it”. This is in line with studies that report moderate to severe…
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New CDC Study Shows How Covid-19 Is Deadlier Than the Flu
A new report fresh from the U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention highlights the stark difference between covid-19 and the seasonal flu. For hospitalised patients, the report found, the risk of serious complications like pneumonia and shock was significantly higher from covid-19 than from the flu. People hospitalised with covid-19 were over five times…
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CDC Director Says A Second Wave Of Coronavirus Next Winter Could Be ‘More Difficult’
The healthcare system in the U.S. has buckled under the current coronavirus pandemic, with overloaded hospitals struggling to keep up. But should a second wave of the outbreak occur simultaneously during the next flu season, Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield says, things could get even worse.
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Chinese Media Declares Hospital Director Dead From COVID-19, Then Alive, Then Dead Again
Liu Zhiming, the 51-year-old director of Wuchang Hospital in Wuhan, China, died at 10:54 AM local time Tuesday morning after being infected with coronavirus, according to the Wuhan Health Commission. Multiple Chinese state media outlets like the People’s Daily and Global Times reported Liu’s death yesterday but created confusion after deleting those reports Monday night.…